Improvement in cigars



T. BLANCHARD.

' Cigarette. No. 19,746. Patented March 30, 1858.

N. PETERS. PhotoLilhugrapher. Washington uc.

NITED STATES THOMAS BLANOHARD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARS.

Spccifi cation forming part of Letters Patent No. 19,746, dated March 30, 1858.

T0 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS BLANOHARD, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have .invented a new and Improved Cigaretta or Paper-Wrapped Cigar, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and which will be referred to hereinafter.

Oigarettas are manufactured of the broken tobacco which is nearly useless for other purposes and commands a very small price compared with the wrapper or filling tobacco. On account of the difficulty in making such cigars draw, it has heretofore been necessary to unroll each one just before it is smoked to loosen the tobacco, and reroll it, and if not rolled properly the tobacco falls out i or is drawn into the mouth of the smoker.

the smoke of which is not pungent That which I prefer comes from Manila. It is cut in pieces of a suitable size, Figure 1, and the edge is turned over by means of two wires, a I), Fig.2. The fine tobacco is then applied to the paper, Fig. 3, and the whole is wrapped The finished cigaretta is seenin Fig. 4, and

in .Fig. 5 is an enlarged section through it.

The cigarettas thus formed have the following recommendations: First, they may be made much cheaper than cigars, as the cost of the material is not more than one-half of that of tobacco of the same quality when in a form fit to be manufactured into cigars, second, the tube through the center causes the cigaretta to draw perfectly free, and it may be used without first being unrolled. On this account, also, it may be pasted and rolled up hard, and thereby becomes far less fragile than the ordinary cigaretta.

On account of this cigar being properly rolled up and pasted it will draw freely, and there is no danger of the tobacco falling out or of its being drawn into the mouth.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent "as a new article of manufacture, is

The within-described cigaretta or paper ci'= gar, made in the manner substantially as set forth.

THOS. BLANOHARD.

Witnessesi P. E. TEsoHEMAoHER, SAM. COOPER. 

